The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-10
a result the privileges Of the grandest
government tho sun ever shone upon.
We enjoy 1t because our fathers fought for

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government tho sun ever shone upon,
We enjoy 1t because our fathers fought for
and purchased Il Tor us. When the world
was crying In helplessnses and despair,
Godeaiq "they cannot iberale themselves !;
1t must be done for them. 60 Christ
came, and from the cross He made that
g!oEioua proclamation, ""whosoeyer will let
him come" Is 1t because we shed our
blood or made atonement Tor ourselves?
No, Christ bequeathed' It to us; We may
enjoy 1t because Christ purchased It for
lls and says We can have It. ~ Il
n A foreigner comes into our country.
We open our ports and we say to the on.
pressed Of earth, come and live with us
and enjoy what our fathers purchased,
Fifteen per cent Of our population 10 for.
eign born. These enjoy It through tho
blood OF our forsfathers. We only re-.
qufre two things Of the fJreigners-they
must renounce their allegiance to their
old home, and take the oath Of allegiance
to our Government. That Ia how they
come to enjoy this freedom. W M,
When Christ preached freedom he did
so Tor not only us but for all mankind.
The man who Is stranger or q foreigner
to the Lord Jesu0 Ohtist Ia offered saliva.
ton II he will reuouuce allegiance TO the
devil and take tho oath Of allegiance to
the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will at
once become child OF God. The day l
looked up and by the sign OF the Gross
took the oath Of allegiance to God, / be.
came a child OF the Lord Jesns Christ.
The liberty Of the Lord Jesus Christ Ia as
tangible state to me aa the liberty that
my country insures me. But the sinner
says, II don't understand about this: You
must be born again.'n Well, 1t WAS a
mystery to me, and never expect to I'm.
derstsnd it. You will not meet man in
this world who docs understand Il. Nico.
demus, one OF the wisest men OF his day,
vent to Christ at midnight and inquired
about this, but Christ waived him or and
never referred to 1t again. II 1t had been
necessary Tor US to understand this Christ
would have made it plain to him. if}
A foreigner, before he can become cit
lien, must be naturalizad. That makes a |
man over new, 80 far rs his citizenship is |
concerned. Three foreigners disd on the
spot and three American citizens were
born. In religion We use the word regen. |
GRAFTON, which is new birth, and by this
he renouncea allegiance to the devil and |
takes the oath OF allegiance to the Lord
Jesus Christ. When Sam Small the ain. |
ner died, Sam Small the Christian wss
horn---or at least something happened
right there aud then that made a new
man Of him, and now 1 know that be |
shed that blood for me. When on that |
bright morn three days atter the angels |
told the story OF redeeming love and
mans Immortality, "Hallelujsh! tits |
done!" rang through the earth and
the courts Of heaven, and will |
ring down through the ages, the glad
song OF redemption. And when God
babe the recording angel write in the book, |
1T is finiehsd." the archangel bending
over him caught up the glad refrain, "Hal, |
lelujsh |! It's done! p and raising bis golden |
tipped wings, no with myriads OF other
angels scared away into the clear ether Of |
DONE" Az i.s5 sl9 + lSii179 ,,f5,..1,